Friction drive for photographic apparatus of the magazine type



May6,1941. QwmE-L 2,241,231

mucrron DRIVE Foa PHoTocnAPnIc APPARATUS oF THE MAGAZINE TYPE Filed July '7, 1938 Figi.

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FmcrloN Dnrvn ron. rno'roomnic mana'rus or m MAGAZINE ma om wissel, manier, N. Y., mim i Eastman Kodak Comin-ny tion of New Jersey N. Y., a corpora- Applicltloli July 7, 1938, Serial No. 217,942

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The present invention relates to photographic apparatusof thetype audmoreparticularly to a friction drive from the apparatus to the nlm magazine, which friction drive is engagedwhen saidiilmmagazineisinsertedinto the magazine chamber of the apparatus. J

It is well known that the take-up drive of a photographic apparatus must include a friction or slip connection to te for the increase in diameter of the take-up roll. It is also well known to provide detachable clutch connections between the apparatus and a film magazine therefor. However. up to the present time such clutch connections and friction or slip connections have been separately provided thereby either increasing the complication of the drive mechanism forA the take-up roll or rendering insertion of the nlm magazine more awkward.

The primary object of the present invention is the provision of a' driving connection between a photographic apparatus and a film roll of a iilm magazine, said driving connection being of the friction type to permit slip as required by increase in diameter of the take-up roll and alsobeing adaptedtobeengagedwhentheiilm magazine is inserted into the magazine chamber and to be disengaged when the nlm is withdrawn from the magazine chamber.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a detachable driving connection between a driving member on the photographic apparatus and a support member on the nlm magazine, said driving connection comprising a pairofdiscsononeofsaidmemberaanda single disc upon the other of said members.

A further object oi' the invention is the provision of a detachable friction driving connection including a pair of spring discs between which a single disc may be readily fitted for frictional and resilient ent with said pair of discs.

Still another object of the invention is the provision o! a nlm magazine having parallel side walls, one of which is provided with a recess, and a clutch member mounted upon the film magazine and including at least one disc which is within said recess but substantially iiush with Y the unreoessed portion of the side wall of the casing.

Other and further objects of the invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art from the descrlption'which follows.

Reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawing wherein similar reference characters designate similar elements and wherein:

Fig. 1 is a side elevation of a photographic apparatus provided with a magazine chamber which is adapted to receive a take-up nlm magazine.

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal section through the magazine chamber taken on the line 2-2 ot Fig. 3 and also with a portion of the nlm magazine wall broken away for better illustration of the operating mechanisms.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the magazine chamber and nlm magazine taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

, Fig. 4 is a rear perspective of a motion picture apparatus of the magazine type and of a film magazine just prior to insertion into the magazine chamber of the apparatus.

Fig. 5 is a top view of the motion picture apparatus of Fig. 4 with part ot the apparatus wall and all of the magazine top wall being broken f away to illustrate the preferred form of the friction drive connection of the invention.

The above and other objects of the invention are embodied in a photographic apparatus provided with a magazine chamber and comprising in combination a nlm magazine adapted to be inserted into and withdrawn from the magazine chamber and carrying a support member for a illrn roll, a driving member mounted for rotation on the photographic apparatus, and a driving connection between said support member and said driving member, said connection including a pair of discs on one if said members and a single disc on the other of said members and which is adapted. upon insertion of the nlm magazine into the magazine chamber, to fit frictionally between said pair of discs. More specifically, the driving connection of the invention is particularly adaptable to insertion into the magazine chamber by movement in a plane which is parallel to the optical axis of the apparatus or by movement along the optical axis itself.

In the illustrated embodiment of Figs. 1 to 3,

inclusive, the photographic apparatus comprises a camera body i0, an objective assembly Il and a foldable bellows I2 therebetween. A supply film magazine i3 may be mounted on top of camera body It and the film F conducted therefrom over rollers Il into the magazine chamber i5 below the camera body l0.

More specifically, the magazine chamber I5 is encased at the top and front respectivelyby a wall I6 of the camera body I0, and a front wall I1, see Fig. 2, and at the sides, see Fig. 3, by side walls Il. A positioning spring I9 is secured to front having a top wall 24, a bottom wall 25, front and rear side walls 26, and lateralside walls 21. A support member is rotatably mounted within nlm magazine 2| for carrying a nlm roll. Such a support member may be provided in any conventional manner or may be constructed as particularly illustrated in Fig. 3. As shown, the support member may comprise a spindle 28, a pair of spaced flanges 29 and a hub member 38. The spindle 23 is journaled at one end by a pin 3| extending from a boss 21 and at the other end within an opening of an opposite boss 21". A spring meinber 32 is mounted on the inner surface of one lateral side wall 21 and bears upon one of flanges 29 of the nlm spool.

The top wan 24 of fum magazine 2i is provided with a transverse opening 33 and a guide flange 34 is fastened to top wall 24 and extends through opening 33 to guide the nlm F into the nlm magazine. A shutter member 35 is slidably mounted on said top wall 2'4 andis provided with a transverse slot 36. A spring member 31 bears against one edge of shutter member 35 normally Y to close the same and move transverse slot 36 out of registration with transverse opening 33.

An operating member 38 is slidably mounted on the lower face of bottom wall I6 of camera body I8 and includes a finger portion 39, and a depending portion 48 extending downwardly. for engagement with the front side wall 26 of the nlm magazine. A guide pin 4I is also mounted on bottom Wall I6 and is located within a slot 42 in operating member 38 and a slot 43 inshutter member 35.

When the nlm magazine is held in the position shown in Fig. 2 by positioning spring I 8 and spring latch 22, the top wall 24 and shutter member 35 of the magazine are imbedded or in contact with plush strips 44 and 45 to prevent light-leak between the camera body I8 and nlm magazine 2|. With operating member 38 in the position shown, the transverse slot 48 therein' registers with a transverse opening 41 in bottom wall I6. At the same time shutter member 35 engages guide pin 4| so that spring member A31 is compressed and the transverse slot 38 in said shutter member 35 is held in registry with the transverse opening 33 in top wall 24. Since all of the transverse openings are in alignment, the nlm F may be fed into the interior of nlm magazine 2| and wound upon the hub member 38 of the nlm spool.

Detachment of the nlm magazine and severance of the nlm F is accomplished by drawing operating member 38 forwardly by movement of finger portion 38 to sever the nlm and to move the nlm magazine forwardly by engagement ofl depending portion 48 with the front side wall 26 of the nlm magazine. Subsequently, spring latch 22 may be disengaged and themagazine removed from the magazine chamber. The structure and operationof the take-up nlm magazine as just described is also disclosed in my U. S. .Patent 2,095,849, issued October 12, 1937, for a Camera magazine.

A rotatable driving member mounted upon the apparatus and may be operated in any conventional manner as by a crank, electric motor, 75

or spring motor. Such a driving member may comprise a shaft 48 journaled in a bearing 43 on one of the magazine chamber -side Walls I8 and driven by an electric motor (not shown).

'The shaft 48 extends into the interior of the magazine chamber and carries on such inner end one element of a friction slip driving connection. Such element may comprise a pair of discs 58 which preferably have nared peripheries 5I and which are preferably composed of resilient sheet material. Said pair of discs 58 may also be mounted in spaced relation by means of a washer 52 and a bolt 53 which is threaded into the end of shaft 45. As a result, the pair of nexible resilient discs 58 will be mounted in spaced relation on the end of the driving member or shaft 48, will be located Within the magazine chamber and tc one side thereof and will be rotated in planes which are parallel to the optical of objective assembly Ii.

The other element of the friction driving connection may comprise a disc 54 which is fastened by a bolt 55 to the end of spindle 28 or, in other Words, the single disc of the driving connection is mounted onthe support member for the nlm roll. Said disc 54 is preferably provided with a beveled or sharp periphery 56, and preferably composed of nber.

It will now be evident that when the nlm magazine 2| is inserted into its magazine chamber by movement in a plane parallel to the optical axis of optical assembly II thatA the disc 54 or its beveled periphery 56 will be inserted between the pair of discs 58 or their nared peripheries 5| for frictional surface engagement between said discs 58 and 54. When the diameter of the nlm roll on hub member 38 increases so that the take-up drive exceeds the rate of nlm movement through the camera, the relative slipping between discs 58 and 54 will compensate for the increased driv- .ing effort of4 the take-up. When the nlm run magazine chamber within casing hinged cover 63.

-ber on the apparatus has been completed, it is merely necessary to withdraw the nlm magazine from the magazine .chamber in the direction parallel to the optical axis of the apparatus and the driving connection between the driving member on the apparatus and support member in the nlm magazine will be simultaneously disengaged or disconnected.

Thel driving connection of the present invention is Jparticularly suited for use between motion picture apparatus of the magazine type and nlm magazines therefore, such preferred application of the invention is illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5.

A typical motion picture apparatus comprises a casing 51 carrying an optical assembly 53 and having side walls 59 and 88"and e rear wall 8| provided with an opening 52 which may be closed by a hinged cover 63. A release mechanism 64 and a winding key 65, both of conventional design, are mounted upon side walls 38. 'Ihe 51 is enclosed at one side by side wall 58, at the front by a front plate 66, at the other side by a mechanism plate 61 and at the rear by the aforementioned The rotatable driving memcomprises a shaft 68 which is driven by gearing or other conventional oonnections from a spring motor, not shown, but which may be wound by key 65. Shaft 83 is journaled in mechanism plate 51 and extends into the magazine chamber. This inner end of driving shaft 85 carries a pair of resilient discs 83 which are mounted in spaced relation thereon.

The nlm magazine 1| includes a casing having a side wall 1|, slateral'wall 12 and a cover 1I. The front portion of lateral wall 12 is provided with an exposure opening through which a frame 1l onfront plate extends.'1'he nlm F is held by a conventional` type pressure member 16 against the front lateral wall of the magazine or against the rear edge of frame 14 by the resilient action between the spring member `Il on the rear nlm magazine 1I -and the hinged cover when it is closed. The nlm supply roll 11 is mounted on a spindle 1l which is journaled between the side wall 1| and cover 13 of the nlm magazine casing.A The take-up nlm roll is wound upon a support member I0. The nlm may extend from supply roll 11 through the nlm gate formed between frame 14 and pressure pad 15 in any of the nlm paths well known to those skilled in the art. The manner of conducting the nlm through the magazine or of positioning the nlm at the gate for exposure has no bearing on the present invention. n

The side wall 1I of the magazine casing is Provided with a recess gl or, in other words, the side wall 1I is provided with a depressed wall portion l2. Said recess Il or depressed wall portion I2 has an open end adjacent the exposure opening in the front portion of lateral wall 1! and is large enough to receive both elements of the driving connection. The other element of the driving connection comprises a single disc 88 which is mounted on one end of support member Il and is within recess 8i. being substantially ilush with the unrecessed portion of side wall 1i. By so providing disc Il within the recess Il of nlm magazine 10 it is apparait that these magazines may be readily stacked. one upon the other, without any interference aswould otherwise be occasioned with projecting clutch mem- In this manner a friction or slip type of driving connection is made simultaneously with insertion of the nlm magazine in a convenient manner and obviously such driving connection is simultaneously disconnected upon removal of the nlm magazine from the magazine chamber.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that the rate of drive forthe take-up nlm roll may be controlled or varied by the amount of insertion oi. the disc Il between the resilient discs I". or by the amount of overlapping between said discs u and I9. It is also to be understood that the two elements of the driving connection according to the invention may be interchanged at will. In other words, it is obvious that the pair of resilient .discs Il and single disc Il, as shown in Fig. 3, may be reversed so that the single disc M is on the shaft l. and the pair of discs il are on the spindle 2 8. likewise, the pair of discs 69 and discs .I may be interchanged so that the single disc I3 is on the shaft Il and the pair of resilient discs l0 are on the support member 80 within the recess ll and substantially nush with the undepress'ed portion of side wall 1I. Other variations of the invention will 'be apparent to those skilled in the art but the scope oi' the invention is hunted only by the appended claims.

Having now particularly described my invention what I desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States and what I claim is:

1. In a photographic apparatus provided with a magazine chamber, the combination with an objective assembly mounted on said apparatus and having an optical axis, a nlm magazine adapted to be inserted into and removed from said chamber by movement in a plane parallel to said optical axis, a spindle member rotatably mounted in said nlm magazine and carrying a take-up nlm roll, and a take-up driving member rotatably mounted on said apparatus for rotation about an axis which is in a plane perpendicular to said optical axis, of a detachable and immediate driving connection between the take-up spindle member and said take-up driving member, including a pair of resilient disks mounted on one of said. members, and a single rigid disk mounted on the other oi' said members, said disks being arranged so that said single disk is moved into frictional engagement between said pair of disks by insertion of the nlm magazine along a plane parallel tosaid optical axis into said magazine chamber.

2. In a photographic apparatus provided with a magazine chamber. the combination with an objective assembly mounted on said apparatus and having an optical axis, and a driving member mounted on said apparatus for rotation about an axis in a plane perpendicular to said optical axis, of a pair of nexible resilient disks mounted in spaced relation on the end of said driving member within said magazine chamber to one side thereof, rotating in planes parallel to said optical axis, and adapted to receive into frictional engagement between said pair of disks a single nlm driving disk which is on a nlm magazine and which is moved into such engagement by insertion of a nlm magazine into said e cham- 

